In 2010 I bought the 1100 and the paint was faded and needed to be changed. When I painted it, I was happy with the results: GM Charcoal Gray. If I parked the bike next to a 2010 Camaro it was the same color... in fact, that is why I painted it that color. I covered it with duplicolor clear coat from a rattle can and the only thing I didn't like about it was that it wouldn't stand up to fuel spills.
Fast forward two years and the clear coat turned into an alligator skin.
Last Spring I tried something that I had read somewhere on Al Gore's invention: the world wide web. :smilie_happy:
Anyway, I read that Minwax spray polyurethane was one of the only rattle can clear sprays that is resistant to fuel spills, so why not give it a try. I sprayed the left side of the tank with with Minwax spray poly and the right side with Rust-Oleum spray poly. Both seem to have held up the same for the past year and I really can't tell a difference, but I like how Minwax goes on better.
So if you don't want to spend a fortune on a 2 part clear coat spray can system or you do not have the ability to use a spray gun, this might be for you.
Now on to my question... what caused the alligator skin?
Fast forward two years and the clear coat turned into an alligator skin.
Last Spring I tried something that I had read somewhere on Al Gore's invention: the world wide web. :smilie_happy:
Anyway, I read that Minwax spray polyurethane was one of the only rattle can clear sprays that is resistant to fuel spills, so why not give it a try. I sprayed the left side of the tank with with Minwax spray poly and the right side with Rust-Oleum spray poly. Both seem to have held up the same for the past year and I really can't tell a difference, but I like how Minwax goes on better.
So if you don't want to spend a fortune on a 2 part clear coat spray can system or you do not have the ability to use a spray gun, this might be for you.
Now on to my question... what caused the alligator skin?